Shot Sense vs Nomadic Archer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shot Sense
This archery accessory provides real-time shot analytics and advanced feedback through a companion app. Track your bow's movement, compare shots, and compete with friends on a community platform to improve your archery skills.
- Real-time shot analytics
- Advanced shot feedback
- Bow movement tracking
- Shot comparison
- Community platform for competition
- Improve archery performance
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Elevate your archery experience with the Mathews Shot Sense. Integrated directly into the grip of your Mathews bow, the Shot Sense module will track and record your shot analytics and provide advanced feedback in real time through the Mathews app. Mathews advanced shot data technology allows you to track the movement of your bow throughout your shot sequence, enabling you to compare every shot on the range, in the field, or wherever your bow takes you. Challenge your friends and family to see who takes the most shots, has the best overall score, or compete against any metric you set within our full community platform. Designed to take your archery game to the next level, Mathews Shot Sense will help you take your best shot, every time. Compatible with 2023 and newer Mathews models.
Nomadic Archer
This app helps archers of all levels improve their accuracy and technique. It offers intuitive shot tracking to measure performance and refine skills for hunting, competition, or recreation.
- Intuitive shot tracking
- Accuracy measurement
- Technique refinement
- Performance elevation
- Training for hunters
- Training for target shooters
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Train. Track. Elevate your craft. Nomadic Archer is the ultimate archery training app for hunters, competitive target shooters, and recreational archers. Built to make every arrow count, it delivers intuitive shot tracking that helps you measure accuracy, refine technique, and elevate your performance on the range or in the backcountry. https://nomadicarcher.com/terms-of-service/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Nomadic Archer at 67% against Shot Sense's 14%. Nomadic Archer also leads on rating (4.3 vs 2.9) and update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). Shot Sense's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (21 vs 4). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Nomadic Archer sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Shot Sense asks for nothing beyond the download.
Nomadic Archer holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Shot Sense has 21 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 14% of Shot Sense's written reviews are positive against 67% of Nomadic Archer's.
Shot Sense ships an update every 3 months, Nomadic Archer monthly. The most recent releases landed on July 8, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shot Sense | Nomadic Archer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (21 ratings) | 4.3 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 14.3% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 21 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.4 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 201 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mathews Archery, Inc | Nomadic Archer LLC |
Customer experience
Shot Sense
Nomadic Archer
In-app purchases
Shot Sense
No in-app purchases
Nomadic Archer
- Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Annual Subscription7 Days trial$14.991 Year
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